He is said to be the only one, out of all those engaged in the many expeditions, who was actually convicted, and his only offence was the chartering of his ships to the Cuban revolutionists.

If the death was the result of mere carelessness and without criminal intent, the offence would be manslaughter, provided the jury came to the conclusion that there had been culpable neglect of the duty cast upon the individual who had undertaken to perform it.

The offence, on the side of each party, was an offence rankling in the minds of each, from a long course of irritating discussions; it was to be allayed rather by appeal to the good sense of the parties, than by reference to any tangible object.

His offence was that of picking pockets, entailing, of course, a punishment corresponding in severity with the barbarity of the times.

His more heinous offence, the abandonment of the innocent Hawkinses to the gallows, is the consequence of what Godwin expressly denounces, punishment for murder.

'Offence, perhaps, is the wrong word.

Amnon's offence was not only a terrible scandal, but cost the life of the heir to the throne.

'It is utterly impossible,' wrote Sir Guy Carleton to Lord North, 'to leave exposed to the rage and violence of these people [the Americans] men of character whose only offence has been their attachment to the King's service.'

He never sought with vast huge mountain towers To reach aloft, and over-view your reign: Or what offence of mine was it unwares, That thus your fury should on me be thrown, To plague a woman with such endless cares?

The offence alleged next was witchcraft.

The only palliationthere is no full excusefor their offence is the fact that the Union was then so loose and weak, and its benefits so problematical, that it received the hearty and unswerving loyalty of only the most far-seeing and broadly patriotic men; and that many men of the highest standing and of the most undoubted probity shared the views on which Brown and Innes acted.

My offence had merely been a mistaken thirst of knowledge.

The offence in No. 45 is more the result of untidiness than of a lack of artistic discrimination.

" "Methinks you push the principle further than is necessary, for one whose greatest offence against established usage is a little hazardous commerce.

And let me give you all fair warning," he raised his voice and looked round again, regarding poor Jeanie with marked austerity, "that if any one of you is not word-perfect in his or her task by the day of my returnboy or girl I care not, the offence is the samehe or she will receive a sound caning and the task will be returned.

The greater offence is my reflection on Lord Clarendon.

Another offence was absence without leave, which was considered as desertion.

" Emily felt the force of her aunt's remark, and saw its justice; yet her love for the offender induced her to say "John will not lead her openly astray for he has a sincere respect for religion, and this offence is not unpardonable, dear aunt.

But the offences of such people are not worth powder and shot; and besides this, my friend, if you saw the case from their point of view, you might see that they have something to say for themselves.

My first crime was piracy, for which my life would pay for forfeit on conviction; no punishment could be inflicted on me further than that, and therefore I had nothing to fear but detection, for had my offences been millions of times more aggravated than they are now, death must have satisfied all.

Syr, remember That all offences are not woorthy deathe: Fellowny, murder, treason and such lyke Of that grosse nature maye be capitall; Not folly, error, trespasse.

So if any captain of any vessel, or mariner, run away with the vessel, or the goods, or yield them up to a pirate voluntarily, or if any seaman lay violent hands on his commander, to hinder him from fighting in defence of the ship or goods committed to his charge, or make a revolt in the ship, these offences are acts of piracy, by the laws of the United States and England.

The selection of the Tower for their imprisonment was greatly remarked upon, because hitherto that had never been so used except for persons accused of high treason; while their offence was but a denial of the right of the House of Commons to arrest a liveryman within the City, and the entertaining a charge of assault against the messenger who had endeavoured to arrest him.

"Our whole offence was a hot but short quarrel touching a dog, in which hands were made to play the part of reason, and which would have done little harm to any but ourselves, had it been the pleasure of the town authorities to have left us to decide the dispute in our own way.

and an assurance, that if they beat them to death, the offence would not be capital?